Hunterian Museum, Royal College of Surgeons

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Hunterian Museum, Royal College of Surgeons

THE HUNTERIAN MUSEUM IS CLOSED UNTIL AUTUMN 2020

The Hunterian Museum collections, brought together over four centuries by a cast of colourful characters including John Hunter (1728-1793), are a fascinating mix of comparative anatomy and pathology specimens; complete skeletons, bones, skulls and teeth; dried preparations, corrosion casts and wax teaching models; historical surgical and dental instruments together with modern surgical instruments and technologies; as well as paintings, drawings and sculpture.

The museum is now closed for a major redevelopment of the RCS building, with all collections removed from the site by end of Summer 2017.

We look forward to re-opening in Autumn 2020 with a new building and exciting new spaces that will allow greater public access for all visitors to discover the past, present and future of surgery.

Visitor Information

The Hunterian museum is now closed for a major redevelopment of the RCS building.

We look forward to re-opening in Autumn 2020 with a new building and exciting new spaces that will allow greater public access for all visitors to discover the past, present and future of surgery.

Admission:

The Hunterian Museum is closed until Autumn 2020.

Accessibility:

The Hunterian Museum is closed until Autumn 2020.

Events & Exhibitions

Learning

‘Why do you ask me a question, by the way of solving it, why think, why not try the experiment’?

This was John Hunter’s response to his student Edward Jenner when asked for the cause of a failed experiment. He urged his student to try the experiment again to find the answer.

During the closure of the Hunterian Museum we aim to deliver sessions related to GCSE History of Medicine Through Time and Surgical Skills careers workshops for schools through external partners.

Please email: museums@rcseng.ac.uk to join our schools mailing list and find out more about what we can offer.

Family History

Genealogical and Research Enquiries

The Archives closed all genealogical and research services at Lincoln’s Inn Fields on Friday 24th March 2017.
Services will resume in another central London location in October 2017.
When we are able to share details of the location we will post them on the Archives webpages.

Online access to information about museum and archive collections can be viewed via our online catalogue